General Note: Based on the PBS television series, War.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The nature of the beast -- Anybody's son will do -- The roots of war: Rousseau, Darwin and Hobbes -- The rise of battle -- The middle passage -- The road to mass warfare -- Reductio ad Absurdum: Total war -- A short history of nuclear war, 1945-90 -- Keeping the old game alive --Guerrillas and Terrorists -- The end war.